The WPA Section on Ecology, Psychiatry and Mental Health has identified and developed interests and peculiarities of the present reality such as:

• the psychiatric consequences of natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, etc.);

• post-traumatic stress disorder;

• the nature and structure of traumatic events and the study of reaction processes;

• environmental risks at work and the repercussions on mental health;

• natural disasters and any war events suffered by immigrant populations and their consequences on individual mental health;

• implications and repercussions of the ecological operator in interpersonal and social relationships;

• environmental degradation and pollution as a threat to mental health;

• the role of nature in the treatment of mental health conditions; and

• possible synergies with the International Red Cross, the Civil Protection and other NGOs.

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Please click here to read the General Statement about the Section.